Racine Dominican Eco-Justice Center's Peace Pole - Caledonia, WI
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N 42° 48.925 W 087° 49.483
16T E 432578 N 4740646
Rock paths lead to a peace pole in the center of a Medicine Wheel Garden.
Waymark Code: WMD07K
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 11/01/2011
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From a local newspaper article: "Members of Girl Scout Troop 5536 will create a perennial garden featuring over thirty plant species native to Wisconsin in their project, “Medicine Wheel Garden.” The garden, located at the Eco-Justice Center in Caledonia, will be 25 feet in diameter and will be planted in quadrants using color combinations found in traditional Native American medicine wheel gardens."
More about the mission of the Eco Justice Center from (
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"Protecting the land, as well as the plant and animal species that live on the property, is vital to the Racine Dominican Eco-Justice Center. So too, is preserving the farm buildings that date from the 1870's onward. When our society is prone to tear down rather than fix up, when culture says that bigger and newer is better than smaller and older, we at the Eco-Justice Center aim to model sustainable, simple living, reverencing the land and all who have lived in this place before us.
Organic gardening, raising araucana chickens, geese, ducks, and caring for three alpacas are some ways that we are living in a mutually enhancing relationship with Earth and those who share this land with us. Fleece from the alpacas is used for spinning, weaving, knitting, and felting; manure from the alpacas, chickens, geese, and ducks is composted and used in the organic garden. Extra garden produce is shared with those in need through Racine's North Side Food Pantry."
Pretty far out, man!